1. If 4 men can do a piece of work in 6 days, how long will it take them to do twice as much work?

2. What is of 8? of 9?

3. How many rods in a field 10 rods square?

4. At $2 a rod, what will it cost to fence a field 10 rods square?

5. How many square feet in the floor of a room 6 ft. wide and 9 ft. long?

6. How many marbles did a boy lose, if he lost of 48 marbles?

7. How far is it around a flower-bed that has 7 sides, and each side 6 ft. long?

8. Make a problem for 7x 6. Also for 4 of 42.

9. How many squares, 3 in. on a side, can you cut from a 9-inch square?

NOTE. If pupils do not readily see the answer to this problem, let them draw the squares. As soon as possible train them to form a mental picture

or image of the objects.

10. There are 72 square feet in the floor of a room. What part of the floor is covered with a rug 4 ft. by 2 ft.?

11. If a square is 5 in. on a side, how many square inches does it contain?

12. A gardener has a square flower-bed that contains 36 sq. ft. How many feet in length is each side?

13. If he makes a diagonal path, into what two equal forms has he divided it? How many square feet are there in each, if we do not deduct anything for the width of the path?

14. One piece of land contains 4 square feet, another is 4 ft. square. Which piece is the larger, and how many square feet larger?

The chief aim has been to secure accuracy. Strive now to secure rapidity

as well as accuracy.

See note page 177. Do not permit inaccurate work while striving for

rapidity.

1. John has 6 marbles, and James has 3 times as many
less 3. How many has James? Henry has as many as
John and James. How many has Henry?

2. A teacher receives $9 a week and spends $6. In
how many weeks will she save $24?

3. If a man earn $8 a week and a boy $3, how
much more will the man earn in 6 weeks than the boy?
4. If 7 men can do a piece of work in 8 days, how
long will it take 1 man to do it?

5. Mary is reading a book of 45 chapters. If she
reads 9 chapters a day, how many days will it take her to
read the book?

6. At $6 a barrel, how many barrels of flour can be
bought for $72?

7. How many chairs, at $4 each, can be bought for
$36?

8. Draw a right-triangle that is 7 in. long and 4 in.
high. How many square inches does it contain?

9. How does the area of this triangle compare with
the area of a rectangle having the same measurements?
10. If-6 men can do a piece of work in 8 days, how
many men can do it in 4 days?

11. A grocer sold of a cheese to one lady, to an-
other, to another, & to another. How many eighths did
he have left if he had 2 cheeses at first?

12. A boy had 50 cents, and gave of it for a knife,
and of what was left for candy. How many cents had
he then?

13. What is the cost of 11 yd. of braid at 6 a yard?
14. If of a barrel of flour will last a family 5 weeks,
how long will last them?

15. 7 is of what number?

?

16. A boy having 12 cents spent 7, and then found 9.
How many cents had he then ?